How is Curley's Wife presented in 'Of Mice and Men'? Do you find her portrayal a sympathetic one?
How is Curley's Wife presented in 'Of Mice and Men'? Do you find her portrayal a sympathetic one? In of mice and men, Curley's Wife is presented in many various ways. At first impression, she comes across as the seductive, troublemaker the ranchers see her as. However, as the story progresses, we learn that this is only one of many sides to a very lonely woman. The readers sympathy for this character also changes throughout the novel, as her secrets are revealed and the real Curley's Wife is found. Curley's Wife is a very complex character. The reader's first impression of her is created before she actually appears in the book. We find out what the workers think of Curley's Wife through Candy when George and Lennie first arrive at the ranch. Candy, who considers Curley's Wife to be the reason for everything wrong in the whole of Soledad, creates an image of Curley's Wife in the reader's mind as a flirtatious tramp who's "got the eye." Candy calls her a "tart" and warns George against her, causing George, Lennie and the reader to see Curley's wife through Candy's eyes on their first encounter. When she finally appears for the first time, she certainly seems to live up to the image the reader expects from Candy's gossip. "She had full, rouged lips and wide spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red.... She wore a cotton house dress and red mules, on the insteps of
How useful are databases for businesses today?
How useful are Databases for Businesses to day? I am going to plan an investigation into how useful databases are for a company in the 21st century. Firstly I am going to explain what a database is. A database is a collection of data that can be used as information. It is understandable as information because of the headings and structure used in the database file. -A FILE is the information given in a subject e.g. Patients records. -A RECORD is a set of information about one given thing e.g. one patients record would contain just information about that person. -A FILE is one piece of information in a record; it also gives meaning to a list of, otherwise meaningless, information e.g. the field heading 'First name' gives meaning to a list of words such as 'Emma', 'Joe', 'Frank' and 'Tom'. -A QUERY is a search of the database for a certain piece of information that could be useful to you, e.g. if you want to sell a platinum credit card then you could do a search for people living in a certain area and then send the information to those people using a mail merge. Alternatively, if you worked in a doctors surgery you could do a search of people who needed a booster jab. -A MAIL MERGE is a letter containing the results of the query sent to certain people who would possibly be interested in that certain information. The type of information that a business might want to
Why was the Weimar Republic so unpopular with many Germans between 1919 and 1923?
Why was the Weimar Republic so unpopular with many Germans between 1919 and 1923? After The War a new type of government was set up in Germany. This was the Weimar Republic. Between 1919 and 1923 it had to deal with many problems. 1919 saw the Spartacist Rebellion and the new government was forced to agree to the unpopular Treaty of Versailles. In 1920 the Kapp Putsch succeeded in taking over the government for a while. In 1921 Germany began to pay reparations and inflation began to get out of control. Two years later France and Belgium invaded the Ruhr and the hyperinflation was now out of control. The NSDAP, led by Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorff, tried to take over the government at this time. This bad start had three main causes. The First reason why the Weimar Republic started badly was that there were political problems. Some people were very upset that the Kaiser had been forced to leave. This was a politically a bad start because it showed that some people would have preferred to have had the previous political system. The communists disliked the new republic because not much would change. The workers would still be poor and the rich would still be rich. They wanted the workers to have power. This contributed to the Weimar Republic's early unpopularity because there are a group of people (the communists) who know that they will not agree with the key policies
Was Hitler a Totalitarian Dictator?
Was Hitler a Totalitarian Dictator? A Totalitarian is a dictator which controls all the aspects of their citizens lives. In practice the term is often is used to describe a political situation where a small group of people, or one organization, has total authority over a nation. In Hitler's Germany there were many characteristics of a Totalitarian state and a Totalitarian Dictatorship. The Government ran and censored the media. All forms of communication were liable to interference from above and could, and were, heavily censored. This removes freedom of speech, therefore enabling the government to influence popular opinion via propaganda and false news messages. The Age of Anxiety, the age of the lost generation, was also an age in which modern Fascism and Totalitarianism made their appearance on the historical stage. Before examining if Hitler established a totalitarian dictatorship, it is necessary to look at how Hitler, once in power, established a dictatorship. In my essay I will be examining three different methods of control, one how Hitler manipulated the law, two how Hitler used terror and three how Hitler used propaganda and persuasion. Hitler used the law to his own advantage throughout his quest to become the Fuhrer and when he eventually became the Fuhrer. Hitler removed his opposition through the Enabling Act. The Enabling Act gave Hitler the power to
The effect of sucrose solution concentration On osmosis in potato chips
The effect of sucrose solution concentration On osmosis in potato chips Plan I am going to cut six pieces of potato using a borer. They will all the same weight. I will make them all 0.7g. I will be able to make sure they are all the same weight-using scales. If a piece of potato is too big I will use a scalpel and a tile to trim it so they are all the same weight and then place these into a test tube each. I will hold the test tubes in a test tube rack. Using the measuring cylinder I will measure 10ml of each strength of sugar solution rinsing the measuring cylinder after each measure. This will then be added into separate test tubes with the pieces of potato. E.g. a piece of potato will have 0.0M strength; a piece of potato will have 0.2M strength and a piece of potato will have 0.4M strength etc. I will put a sticky label on each test tube stating what strength of sugar solution it contains. I will then leave these for 2 hours and see what happens then record my results. APPARATUS A potato Sugar solutions (0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0) Borer Scalpel Tweezers Scales 6 test tubes Test tube rack Measuring cylinder I will measure the amount of sugar solution in the test tubes. I will change the strength of sugar solution in each test tube. To make the experiment a fair test I will keep the weight of the pieces the same weight I will also only add the same
Describe the expected stage of social development of children aged 4 years. Describe ONE suitable method of observing and recording the social development of children aged 5 years.
. Describe the expected stage of social development of: * Children aged 4 years. D1. Most of the children aged 4 years likes to: * Play in groups with other children * Takes turns and shares (most of the time) e.g. when using drawing crayons * Wants explanations of why? And how? When engaged in conversation * Enjoys role play and acting out e.g. super hero * Likes to talk, carries on with conversation * Changes the rule of a game as he/she goes along * Demands for things e.g. for a certain toy * Plays more imaginary, acting out like a mother * Children aged 5 years. D2. Most children aged 5 years will: * Now choose their friends e.g. has certain friends they like to play with * Takes turns, shares (sometimes) e.g. when drawing and sharing pencil crayons * Enjoys co-operative activities and also group play * Says please and thank you when offered something to eat or drink * Shows kindness to other children, inviting them to play and being helpful * Resolves conflicts before seeking adult help * Carries on with conversation with adults and children * Seeks adult approval 2. Consider how and why practitioners observe children in the setting: * Describe ONE suitable method of observing and recording the social development of children aged 5 years. D3. Written Narrative - Naturalistic. This method is used when what is seen and heard are happening
Effect of enzyme concentration on initial rate of reaction
Effect of enzyme concentration on initial rate of reaction The objective of this experiment is to determine how differentiating the concentration of the enzyme catalase affects the initial rate of reaction, in the decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) The equation of this reaction is: Hydrogen Peroxide(aq) --> Water(l) + Oxygen(g) 2H2O2(aq) + catalase(aq) --> 2H2O(l) + O2(g) The source of the enzyme Catalase in this experiment will be yeast, specifically the Saccharomyces Cerewisea strain, as it is easy to obtain and very safe with no harmful effects to the environment. The technique used to obtain a set of results will be the downward displacement method, where evolved oxygen product from the reaction is passed through a delivery tube and into a water filled burette, pushing the water out of the burette, leaving obtainable results of Oxygen collected. These results will be taken every 5 seconds for two minutes and will give the rate of reaction. My Equipment will be: * Burette * Side-arm Conical Flask * Bung * Tubing * Yeast * Hydrogen peroxide * Water Bath * Water/Margarine Tub * Distilled water/pH7 buffer * Stopwatch I chose to have a burette to collect the evolved Oxygen, as it has a great degree of accuracy. The gas can be measured to 0.05ml or 0.5cm3. I chose to have a side arm conical flask to provide a source for the evolved oxygen to travel
Blues Music
Blues Music Blues Music began as songs sung by black slaves in the mid - 19th century in the Southern United states. It has taken elements from African, European and American folk music. After the Civil War and emancipation the Blues spread, together with the species that sang and played it, from the cotton fields of the southern states to northern cities such as Chicago and Detroit, where the music became hugely popular. The notes in the blues scale are very dissonant. This may be because the black slaves were in misery working all day, and the scale represents their feelings. In the scale of C, the notes in the blues scale are: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is the chord sequence in 12-bar blues music. It is still sometimes heard in popular music today. Chord of Chord of Chord of Chord Bars 1 - 4 C C C C Bars 5 - 8 F F C C Bars 9 - 12 G F C C Blues music has many characteristics in its melody that makes it typical to the style. It often rolls between 2 notes, and sometimes there is a glissando, which is sliding from one note to another. Blues music may also
Media Studies Representation Essay
Representation Essay A celebrity is a widely recognized face or famous person. They are usually famous through their career of singing, acting, etc. An example of a celebrity is Brad Pitt who is famous for being a Hollywood actor in films such as Mr & Mrs Smith mainly of the action genre. A celebrity magazine is a magazine mainly focused on the lives of famous people. These types of magazines feature gossip, stories, photos, rumours, etc. Some stories featured in some magazines are either made up by the celebrity's PR or are rumours. An example of a celebrity magazine is OK, Look, Now!, etc. Celebrity magazines usually cost one pound or less and are sold weekly in shops so their audience can get the celebrity news updated, quick, fast and new. Representation is the way which the media represents the world around us in the form of signs and codes for the audience to read. For example 50 Cent is represented as a tough, hard rapstar as the media mainly talk about him associating with violence, weapons and money. As the media are representing him this way most of us think he is a bad person but he could be a very nice person. The magazine I will be analysing is Look. Look is a celebrity and high street fashion weekly. It costs £1.30 and is sold every Tuesday. Usually on the magazine cover celebrities such as Victoria Beckham are shown as the cover with a story alongside
Importance of Water.
Importance of Water Our Earth seems to be unique among the other known celestial bodies. It has water, which covers three-fourths of its surface and constitutes 60-70 wt % of the living world. Water regenerates and is redistributed through evaporation, making it seem endlessly renewable. So why worry? Actually, only 1% of the world's water is usable to us. About 97% is salty sea water, and 2% is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. Thus that 1% of the world's water supply is a precious commodity necessary for our survival. Dehydration (lack of water) will kill us faster than starvation (lack of food). Since the plants and animals we eat also depend on water, lack of it could cause both dehydration and starvation. The scenario gets worse. Water that looks drinkable can contain harmful elements, which could cause illness and death if ingested. Good water is essential to body cleansing. It's obvious. It sounds like a truism. Your body goes down fast without water. Making up almost three-fourths of the body, every cell is regulated, monitored and dependent on an efficient flow of water. Not one of the processes in our bodies could take place without water. Water is something that we take for granted. But how many of us really understand how essential water is or what happens to our body if it doesn't receive pure water every day, free of chemicals and
